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Number Of Drug Abusers By Ethnic Group, Annual

Data from Jan 2003 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 08 Jul 2025, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU

Data Last Updated: 03/03/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891531

Data explorer

NumberOfDrugAbusersByEthnicGroupAnnual.csv (10 rows, 1.6 KB)

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2023
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2004
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2003
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Total Drug Abusers31193122282627293056352634393091326533433158358135073326288726162537221112187939561809
Chinese94794091590497010669759349359949711259109911091050103610488136475816891098
Indian5445855084755136056074655215225055415675394033743303131496175217
Malay154314881318128215101743176016181713173816241710177316031376115811231033394133177462
Others8510985686311297749689587168755848365228181532
New Drug Abusers9669528029361151146013641249134813091093111010921128132712001060520477453603730
Chinese387373346388399494404401377388314411327379531543471255325347448492
Indian1361731291501892192331691892001501551661411731361426335184166
Malay41335629136653868967263272967860051356857758849643318710474102153
Others30503632255855475343293131313525141513141219

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1cbe2f472b02d8c597c7bbdba219f59c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Drug Abusers By Ethnic Group, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1cbe2f472b02d8c597c7bbdba219f59c/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)